Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Willow Brook:
41.210650, -74.383765
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Willow Brook
Bird Watching ...
We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Willow Brook.
Within New Jersey, the name Willow Brook is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
This Willow Brook is located in Orleans Parish and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Willow Brook.
Missouri
Buchanan County
This Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the west of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Willow Brook.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Willow Brook is located in Chautauqua County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Willow Brook.
Dutchess County
This Willow Brook is located in Dutchess County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the northeast of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Willow Brook.
North Carolina
Henderson County
This Willow Brook is located in Henderson County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Willow Brook.
Texas
Harris County
This Willow Brook is located in Harris County and lies 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Willow Brook that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Willow Brook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Brook ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Willow Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willow Brook and extending to:
Newton, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Willow Brook to Newton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,689 miles [9,155.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willow Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Willow Brook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willow Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2107, Longitude: -74.3838 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.115 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.793 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.606 degrees.